Generally speaking, I love my iPhone.

I got it because my co-worker, Andy Tarnoff, was like a pied piper for the device, extolling its awesomeness at every opportunity.

I love its versatility. I love the apps. I like the camera (though I wish it was better). I like it all enough to recommend it to friends considering ditching a Blackberry. (Welcome to our club, KB.)

The one thing I don't like about the phone, though, is its sometimes spotty coverage. When the phone drops calls or struggles for an Internet connection, I curse AT&T and wish that the iPhone was offered with Verizon's network.

Turns out, that may be the wrong approach.

This story in The New York Times raises the possibility that glitches with the iPhone may be a hardware problem and that AT&T actually may have superior service.

That puts things in a new light. It also makes me wonder why I hadn't even considered that Apple's engineers could have screwed up. Some brands / companies are just Teflon, I guess, just like Tiger Woods was until a few weeks ago.